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From 1983 to 1993 I was a costumed volunteer at the Old Bethpage Village Restoration. ( I moved to N.H. in 1994)
Back then the facility had money problems getting a house or two fixed up so they could be open to the public. Most of the activities were funded by the Friends for L.I. Heritage because as a Country facility they had to put out for bids on everything, including hot cocoa mix for winter evening openings.
I understand that things have even gotten worse and some projects have been abandoned. Has anyone been a visitor there in the last year or two?
On my last trip up we visited a very large facility that showed old Long Island. It was really cool seeing the old roads, power lines, cesspools, strip malls and old way of thinking by the past inhabitants.
I think they called of Suffolk County.
On my last trip up we visited a very large facility that showed old Long Island. It was really cool seeing the old roads, power lines, cesspools, strip malls and old way of thinking by the past inhabitants.
I think they called of Suffolk County.
Yeah, only to be outdone in all of these categories by Nassau County.
Old Bethpage Village is indeed a very special place. A photographer's dream.
I think it's important to learn the history of your area and how it developed. OBVR is 200 acres of history.
From 1983 to 1993 I was a costumed volunteer at the Old Bethpage Village Restoration. ( I moved to N.H. in 1994)
Back then the facility had money problems getting a house or two fixed up so they could be open to the public. Most of the activities were funded by the Friends for L.I. Heritage because as a Country facility they had to put out for bids on everything, including hot cocoa mix for winter evening openings.
I understand that things have even gotten worse and some projects have been abandoned. Has anyone been a visitor there in the last year or two?
More buildings are closed to the public, fewer repairs -- and some of those that have been done are not using period correct material.
One cool thing we've done is to work on unearthing the Long Island Motor Parkway bridge up in the back of the property.
Looking at the map, you'lkl see the industrial buildings at the bottom, and the sandpit to the far right. To the left of the sandpit you can see where the property line goes from stark to treed. Just to the left of that is a sandy spot which looks like the letter D fallen over on it's straight edge. The pointy end of the D is where the bridge is. It's a good walk from the Williams House, passing all the fields.
There's a little stretch of the original Long Island Motor Parkway which we unearthed back there. It was great being the first vehicles to traverse this lost road.
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